Gender, Power, and Violence

by Earl Smith, Angela J Hattery, Angela J Hattery Professor

Book Overview

Gender, Power and Violence examines gender based violence (sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and child sexual abuse) in 5 social institutions: the military, prisons, fraternities, sports, and the Catholic Church. These five institutions share a set of characteristics that result in high rates of gender based violence: sex segregation, hyper masculinity, fraternal nature (loyalty to the institution above to the person) and internal systems...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442252502
• ISBN13: 9781442252509
• Release Date: December 2099
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 256 Pages
• Grade Range: Postsecondary